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We use innovation for economics and development to create solutions that work for everyone. We combine cutting-edge research methods, data analysis and innovation to conduct the next generation of impact evaluations for impact and development at scale. We go even further to deliver development logistically, tackling the hardest problems on the planet within and across both developing and developed countries. We aim to create a better world for all.
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Randomized experiments in continuous time with Development Economics X
NEWSROOM. September 6, 2023. TORONTO.
Are you looking for a flexible and robust framework to measure the impact of your interventions in real time using randomized experiments? Our framework identifies instruments for the local average treatment in continuous time, and can handle various scenarios and models–enabling you to design and evaluate interventions that vary over time in complex settings.
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Randomized controlled trials with distribution functions with Development Economics X
NEWSROOM. July 18, 2023. TORONTO. Do you want to know the true impact of your experiments on the full richness of outcomes, going beyond average effects to capture the full distribution?
Development Economics X presents novel randomized controlled trials with distribution functions. Read the paper by Kweku Opoku-Agyemang. Deliver development. Fast.
Program evaluations with distribution functions with Development Economics X
NEWSROOM. July 5, 2023. TORONTO. Do you want to know the true impact of your interventions on complex and diverse outcomes, going beyond average effects to capture the full range of variability and heterogeneity of your target population?
Development Economics X presents novel differences-in-differences with distribution functions. Read the paper by Kweku Opoku-Agyemang. Deliver development. Better.
Go from rational to behavioral supply chains with Development Economics X
NEWSROOM. June 28, 2023. TORONTO. Whether you are a firm or government, it’s critical that you engage your suppliers on how they actually behave.
Development Economics X presents next-generation supply chain solutions for commitment and value. Read the paper by Kweku Opoku-Agyemang. Deliver development. Fast.
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NEWSROOM. September 16, 2022. TORONTO. Whether you are a nonprofit foundation or university, it’s critical that you have as much support as possible.
Development Economics X presents next-generation digital marketing solutions for social impact, all compatible with existing applications.
Research by Dr. Kweku Opoku-Agyemang covered in Zing, the leading digital news site in Vietnam
NEWSROOM. May 15, 2022. TORONTO. Kweku Opoku-Agyemang (in his private capacity) was covered in Zing, the leading digital news site in Vietnam on policy efforts in Singapore. Read the website article (in Vietnamese).
Development Economics X releases We are…the Next Generation Video
NEWSROOM. May 2, 2022. TORONTO. Development Economics X delivers development with an emphasis on the next generation.
Computational Ethics journal article published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences
NEWSROOM. March 29, 2022. TORONTO. Computational Ethics, co-authored by Director and CEO Kweku Opoku-Agyemang, is published by Trends in Cognitive Sciences, the world’s top journal in experimental and cognitive psychology.
Dr. Kweku Opoku-Agyemang chats with 2021 economics Nobel Prize winner for California Magazine
NEWSROOM. March 21, 2022. TORONTO. Kweku Opoku-Agyemang (in his private capacity) led a Q and A conversation with 2021 economics Nobel Prize winner David Card and former colleague for California Magazine.
Development Economics X for enhancing service delivery
NEWSROOM. March 11, 2022. TORONTO. Kweku Opoku-Agyemang calls for enhancing service delivery with innovation, economic history and the political economy of development.
Research Impact Highlight
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT. March 11, 2022. TORONTO. In this research impact highlight, Kweku Opoku-Agyemang discusses his role doing research in 2016 on a novel social media platform for farmers in India.
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A behavioral economics breakthrough for global value chains
Projects in Development
A new political economy for the next generation
Data-driven, rigorous solutions for the next-generation of impact
Marketing as market mechanism
Fighting crime for development
Organizational culture and customer service development
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Getting development economics right is critical. Slower progress has translated into lowered expectations about what is possible. Research and decision-making must drastically improve.
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS X is an approach for development economics to boost social impact faster and more effectively
Development Economics X researches and builds economic, social and technological systems inspired by political economy, economic history and related fields. The goal is to provide efficient decision solutions for the private sector, governments, and international institutions throughout (what I call) the economic development stack for faster and better development.
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Harnessing the history and future of development economics
Delivering enhanced standards of living around a fast-changing world
Getting international development right is essential for the living standards of billions. Current experimentation and other rigorous analyses are vital, but still unnecessarily slow and can suffer from uncoordinated policy making.
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Featured Development Economics X Paper Model: Supply Chain Self-Control
Development Economics X Paper Models
A working paper archive focusing on poverty, political economy and inequality, in history and the present, with the impact evaluations of the future.
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